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In Camera, 1991

 Item — Box: 79
Identifier: CC-09480-9668

Scope and Contents

The book object and box have the shapes of pentagons. Each side is perforated to serve as a camera obscura so that the viewer can visualize an image from the book object or outside of it through the opposite side of the pentagon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1991

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 book object (unconventionally shaped, papercard, perforated, collaged, paper, metal, thread) in artist box (unconventionally shaped, cloth, paperboard, collaged, plastic, metal)) ; book object 16 x 21 x 21 cm, in box 18 x 25 x 25 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

Current location: Boxed objects, Box 79 Original Sackner location: shelf second bedroom alcove

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, a gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: New York : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Gloria Helfgott 1991 (b.c.- inside book object). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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